Reliance Communications (Rcom) on Monday said the company would welcome the entry of Reliance Industries into the telecom sector. &ldquo;If there is a responsible player going to expand the data pie, it's a very good news,&rdquo; Syed Safawi, president &amp; chief executive of RCom&rsquo;s wireless business unit said.

RCom okay with RIL in telecom

Business Standard

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is investigating into a complaint by the Department of Telecom (DoT) for alleged violation of laws by SingTel, which offered international long distance (ILD) services without a licence.

CBI investigating alleged violation of telecom laws by SingTel 

Press Trust of India

Wipro Technologies is planning to set up a delivery centre in South Africa, having sensed huge opportunities for growth in that country. The proposed move by the IT services business wing of Wipro would create job opportunities for 1,000 professionals in the next three years.

Wipro expands footprint in S Africa, to hire 1,000

The fresh launches are expected to raise company&rsquo;s steadily declining share in smartphone market.

Nokia opens new 'Windows' for sales

Together, as a group of startups they have taken on Nokia-one of the world&rsquo;s best known brands, and relatively speaking, they have come out on top. Now, home-bred mobile handset manufacturers say they are ready to adapt to the next phase of growth in the Indian market.

Moving on & up after taking on MNCs

After a two-week delay, Cupertino,US-based Apple Inc has turned on its iTunes Match software, which attempts to match every song on a person's computer and store the tunes in an online account on distant servers known as the cloud.

Apple launches iTunes Match

IT services provider Tech Mahindra continued to grow its revenue from the US markets in Q2FY12. In a chat with Shivani Shinde, Vineet Nayyar, vice-chairman, MD and CEO, talks about the merger with Mahindra Satyam and the eventual BT stake sale. Edited excerpts.

Q&A: Vineet Nayyar, Tech Mahindra

Tech Mahindra on Monday said its net profit had increased by 59.5 per cent to Rs 240.4 crore for the quarter ended September 30, as compared to the same period last year. The company&rsquo;s net profit stood at Rs 150.7 crore in Q2 FY2010-11, Tech Mahindra said.

Tech Mahindra net up 60% 

China&rsquo;s Huawei Devices will now have its own cloud services and cloud-based mobile phones in India. With a starting price of Rs 9,000, the two new handsets &mdash; Huawei Sonic and IDEOS X3 &mdash; can download and enable content sharing, while backing up information on the cloud.

Huawei brings cloud-based phones, data service to India

Even as worldwide smartphone sales touched 115 million units in the third quarter, a rise of 42 per cent compared to the year-ago period, the growth in sales dropped to seven per cent compared to the second quarter, says research firm Gartner.

Nokia continues lead in global handset market

With an aim to expand its services on smartphones, social networking giant Facebook has acquired MailRank, a year-old startup firm focused on prioritizing e-mail, for an undisclosed amount.

Facebook buys e-mail prioritizer MailRank

Chennai-based provider of technology-driven learning, EdServ Softsystems Limited, is looking at acquisitions in the area of test preparation education, said the company's chairman and chief executive officer, S Giridharan.

EdServ plans buy in test prep edu space

Nasdaq-listed iGATE Corporation on Wednesday announced its intention to commence the process of delisting its Indian subsidiary, Patni Computer Systems. Based in Fremont, California, with its Indian headquarter in Bangalore, the information technology solutions and services firm will raise $215 million (Rs 1,090 crore) via debt to fund the purchase.

iGATE to delist Patni, will raise $215 mn to fund purchase

Spam wave hits social networking site; it&rsquo;s on top of the situation, says Facebook.

FB users don't like what they see

Soon, the holiday sounds of coins clinking into red kettles may disappear, replaced by the silence of a credit card swipe. The Salvation Army has begun shifting into digital donations, as fewer and fewer shoppers carry much change or bills.

Bell ringers go digital this season

Google Inc is entering the online music market almost a decade too late to pose a threat to Apple Inc, the largest seller of songs on the web.

A decade late, Google chases Apple music

After a successful Nasdaq listing, raising $700 million, online discount e-commerce site Groupon is set to mark its presence in India.

Groupon's India arm in a revival mode

Mobile trading, approved by the capital market regulator late last year, has seen a nearly fourfold jump in turnover in the past few months.

Mobile trading picks up speed

Ever since he entered his father&rsquo;s business empire as an employee about four and a half years ago, Rishad Premji, elder son of Wipro&rsquo;s legendary chairman, Azim Hasham Premji, had been elusive to the media. When he finally surfaced, though, he talked threadbare to Bibhu Ranjan Mishra about the business, its direction and the relationship he has with his billionaire father, who holds about 80 per cent in the enterprise.

Q&A: Rishad Premji, Chief strategy officer, Wipro

Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) has become the first municipal corporation in Gujarat to introduce property tax collection through mobile phones. RMC has joined hands with Atom Technologies, a leader in providing mobile commerce (m-commerce) solutions, for implementing its mobile payment and IVR payment platforms.

Now, pay property tax through mobile in Rajkot

Pheroz Vandrevala, vice-chairman and managing director of Diligenta and director on board of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), is in an enviable position. Other than being the second-largest insurance policy administrator in the UK, TCS bagged one of the largest ever deals-worth $2.2 billion from Friends Life, UK-based life and pension insurance provider. This in addition to winning the &pound;600-million National Employee Savings Trust&rsquo; (NEST) deal.

Q&A: Pheroz Vandrevala, VC & MD, Diligenta

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